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The colour of our galaxy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2012

We know a lot about our celestial neighbourhood. The galaxy in which our solar system resides has b…

Let’s go LEGO!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2012

From the earliest recoded traces of human culture, to copy something was considered the highest for…

Business or conservation?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jan 2012

Welcome one and all to this, your very own 2012! If we seem a little perky for what would ordinaril…

CFC replacements are greenhouse gases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jan 2012

The Montreal Protocol – which came into force in 1989 – banned or phased out CFCs and HCFCs because…

These meme streets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jan 2012

In this month's column, Russ Swan takes on the dubious world of pseudo-scientific advertising and i…

Biobank excitement

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jan 2012

At the tail end of last year – a time that tends to be fairly quiet in terms of news worthy events …

Is there any point in IQ tests?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Dec 2011

Just what is the point of an IQ test – should we bother with them and are they accurate? !--more--…

A wrong turn in Vienna

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Dec 2011

In his new column, Russ Swan cuts a swathe through pomp to find out what's what in science and R&D.…

Brainy Rudolph

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Dec 2011

Tis the season to be jolly – for many a time to wind down from the year’s pressures, a time to rela…

The mysteries of the Moon

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Dec 2011

The moon, it seems to me, has been somewhat hidden in plain sight over the past 40 years. Since the…

Green-eyed monster

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Nov 2011

A tinge of professional jealousy is something that most have experienced at some stage, but in the …

Nobel assembly bend the rules

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Nov 2011

Nobel Prizes are traditionally not awarded posthumously, so what happens when one of the laureates …

Congratulations UK Science!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2011

Here in the UK we have always enjoyed a fine reputation for our science – “and rightly so” pipes up…

Halloween Science

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Oct 2011

Halloween is fast approaching and we know exactly what’s on your mind – which is the best apple for…

Happy Birthday Prospero

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Oct 2011

In today’s hi-tech world, where new technology is out of date almost as soon as it hits the shelf, …

Happy 40th!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2011

Hello and welcome to the 40th anniversary edition of Laboratory News! I am pleased and indeed very …

Burrito birthday!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2011

As you will no doubt have noticed it is the 40th anniversary of Laboratory News, and this issue is …

Going social

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Sep 2011

After the Arab spring, and the recent English riots it is now clear to anyone who doubted it that w…

The butterfly effect

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Sep 2011

What do the English riots and the Sulzberger ice shelf in Antarctica have in common?

You're having a laugh?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2011

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